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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bond \Bond\, n.
   1. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent
      rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of
      the electric circuit.

   2. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa]

            The Africander Bond, a league or association
            appealing to African, but practically to Boer,
            patriotism.                           --James Bryce.



   9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two
      bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic
      formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of
      {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}.

   {Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}.

   {Bond crediter} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
      bond. --Blackstone.

   {Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
      a bond. --Burrows.

   {Bond} (or {lap}) {of a slate}, the distance between the top
      of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate
      above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
      thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
      under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.

   {Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
      it longitudinally.

   Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.

Bond \Bond\, n. [The same word as band. Cf. {Band}, {Bend}.]
   1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which
      anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a
      band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

            Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained
            my freedom.                           --Shak.

   2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity,
      restraint. ``This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
      bonds.'' --Acts xxvi.

   3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting
      tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

            A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond
            of mankind.                           --Burke.

   4. Moral or political duty or obligation.

            I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more
            nor less.                             --Shak.

   5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds
      himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay
      a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is
      a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if
      the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain
      place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform
      certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or
      before a time specified, the obligation shall be void;
      otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition
      is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the
      obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the
      whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton.

   6. An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond)
      made by a government or a corporation for purpose of
      borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

   7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the
      duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

   8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks
      forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this
      purpose in several different ways, as in English or block
      bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with
      their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers,
      and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel
      to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond
      (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and
      stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints;
      Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change
      of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in
      the middle of the first, and the same position of
      stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and
      English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in
      the one method, the outer in the other.

Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bonded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Bonding}.]
   1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to
      secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise)
      by giving a bond.

   2. (Arch.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a
      wall, so as to secure solidity.

Bond \Bond\, n. [OE. bond, bonde, peasant, serf, AS. bonda,
   bunda, husband, bouseholder, from Icel. b[=o]ndi husbandman,
   for b[=u]andi, fr. b[=u]a to dwell. See {Boor}, {Husband}.]
   A vassal or serf; a slave. [Obs. or Archaic]

Bond \Bond\, a.
   In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

         By one Spirit are we all baptized .. whether we be Jews
         or Bentiles, whether we be bond or free. --1 Cor. xii.
                                                  13.

資料來源 : WordNet®

bond
     adj : held in slavery; "born of enslaved parents" [syn: {enslaved},
            {enthralled}, {in bondage}]

bond
     n 1: an electrical force linking atoms [syn: {chemical bond}]
     2: a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or
        discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation
        in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a
        fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to
        repay the principal [syn: {bond certificate}]
     3: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common
        interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family";
        "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between
        them" [syn: {alliance}]
     4: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman
        if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;
        "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was
        furnished by an alderman" [syn: {bail}, {bail bond}]
     5: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
        something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: {shackle},
         {hamper}, {trammel}, {trammels}]
     6: a connection that fastens things together [syn: {attachment}]
     7: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper;
        originally made for printing documents [syn: {bond paper}]
     8: United States civil rights leader who was elected to the
        legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat
        because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) [syn: {Julian
        Bond}]
     9: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming [syn:
        {James Bond}]
     10: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
         the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesiveness},
          {adhesion}, {adherence}]

bond
     v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
          [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bind}, {stick}, {stick to}]
     2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
        bond with the child" [syn: {bind}, {tie}, {attach}]
     3: issue bonds on
     4: bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of
        their child had drawn them together" [syn: {bring together},
         {draw together}]